ROGUE BEAVER DAMN The Isolation Blues; reflections during covid-19 The beaver have damned the river again by our place on the north branch. (This is not the first time.) It seems to make no difference that their overly ambitious plans…
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FEAR AND LOATHING The Isolation Blues; reflections during covid-19 Well…shit, what can I say? Objective journalism is a hard thing to come by these days. We all yearn for it, but who can point the way? As for me, my doctor says…
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BLACK BEARS The Isolation Blues; reflections during covid-19 Linda and I were sitting at our little red bistro table in front of the house one evening a couple of weeks ago eating some Ben & Jerry’s ice cream (Cherry Garcia,…
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SMALL SOCIETY The Isolation Blues; reflections during covid-19 “big yellow” Summer Highway The summer days are leisurely paced if left to themselves day lilies opening to the sky humming birds making their regular rounds sunshine bathing the environs below but…
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JOHN LEWIS; GOOD TROUBLE The Isolation Blues; reflections during covid-19 When you see something that is not right, you must say something. You must do something. Democracy is not a state. It is an act, and each generation must do…
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LINDA The Isolation Blues; reflections during covid-19 When I met Linda in the summer of 2000 my “north woods recluse” days came to an abrupt and timely end. After ten years of going it solo I was ready to share my place alongside the Meduxnekeag…
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NORTH WOODS RECLUSE The Isolation Blues; reflections during covid-19 Some people try to avoid isolation at all costs (indeed, we are social creatures), so the coronavirus induced stay-at-home model has been a challenge for many. On my part, I’ve been an intentional isolationist…
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SPIN CYCLE The Isolation Blues; reflections during covid-19 A Constant Turning We spend a lifetime looking for the steady and the reliable the solid and dependable surfaces on which to build our dreams of daily accomplishment a life of substance…
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BOURDAIN DAY The Isolation Blues; reflections during covid-19 Washington Post June 25, 2020 Article written by Natalie B. Compton This past Thursday, June 25, would have been Bourdain’s 63rd birthday. It was declared “Bourdain Day” by his close friends and fellow chefs Eric…
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JOHN LENNON The Isolation Blues; reflections during covid-19 Nobody Told Me John Lennon Everybody’s talking and no one says a word Everybody’s making love and no one really cares There’s Nazis in the bathroom just below the stairs Always something…